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Vengeful vs Resentful - What's the difference?

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Vengeful is a related term of resentful.


As adjectives the difference between vengeful and resentful

is that vengeful is vindictive or wanting vengeance while resentful is inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when.

vengeful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Vindictive or wanting vengeance.
    • His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Steven Morris , title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=A vengeful mother-of-three has been jailed for 168 days after being convicted of killing a neighbour's kitten by microwaving the 10-week-old pet.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Hyponyms

    * revanchist

    Related terms

    * avenge * vengeance

    External links

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    resentful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when .
  • Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.

    • Synonyms

    * (Inclined to resent) unforgiving, spiteful * (Full of resentment) bitter

    Derived terms

    * resentfully * resentfulness

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